School blaze sees Andamooka kids bound for classes in Roxby

Students from the Andamooka Area School, which was destroyed by fire on Sunday, will recommence classes today at a school in a neighbouring town.

The weekend fire was the fourth to strike the far north South Australian school this year and gutted the last school building left standing, with the total damage bill for the blazes estimated at $2 million.

Detectives from Port Augusta CIB remain in the outback town to investigate the fire, which police say was deliberately lit.

Principal Angela Turner says students will commute by bus to Roxby Downs each day until new facilities can be built.

"Roxby's given us two classrooms and we'll be heading over there on the Roxby bus tomorrow and we'll be having our classes in the school," she said.

"We're going to take a little bit of Andamooka with us, we're going to take our own school sign because the kids are really determined that they're still Andamooka School, even though we're in Roxby."